The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-24

ll1uClcSC III ult Olu NOIll NIduc is on a
boom. There is plenty of room. Let the
good work continue.
Mr.. B. F. Askew, one Of our oldest
and most respected citizens, is dead. He
was always fully alive to whatever tended
to better his fellows, and to the industrial
development of his State.
Fire broke out in the Goodlander
Mills OF the 10th inst. and the whole
establishment was burned and a great
amount Of other property destroyed
amounting to over $500, 900.
We have received a copy of the
Southern Industrial Review, a monthly ag-
ricultural journal published by R. B. May,
New Orleans, La, Price so cents a year-
l6 pages, we'll printed and cheap
The Warner Brothers have erected a
"Sea-side Home" at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
for working girls. A noble example of
charity and true benevolence. This firm
gives employment to two thousand wo-
men.
"A very destructive fire occurred in
Little Rock, Arkansas, simply by a boy
dropping a lighted cigarette in a cotton
compress. $500, 900 worth of cotton was
destroyed, besides a large number of
buildings.
1t has been carefully estimated and
found that the consumption of wood for
all purposes in the United States is some
thing two over thousand millions of cubic
feet. At that rate how long will the
forests Of the country last?
We acknowledge with thanks the ia
vor of a neat and convenient official stamp,
from the Bradley Manufacturing Co., of
Fort Worth, Texas. This company manu-
facturs stamps, seals, badges, &C., &C., for
the use Of Farmers Alliances.
Thanksgiving day next Thursday.
Let it be generally observed, and forget
no the humble, the unfortunate and the
needy. Remember them kindly and by
a bestowal Of some needed gift, let it be
unto them also a day of thanksgiving.
A white man in Pitt county, being
DESTROYS to obtain the insurance non
on a house, hired a negro to set fire to it,
and the house was consumed, and with it
a negro was burned to death. Both have
been arrested. Arson and murder are
both hanging crimes.
-Greenville, Texas, was visited by q
fire on the 18th inst. which consumed the
cotton compress, which cost $4,000, and
three thousand bales of cotton and eight
cars loaded-with~ cotton was burned also.
The<total loss is estimated at S25O,OOO.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Y-The famous and well-known "Bailey
cotton" has been purchased by Mr.. j. L.
Stone, Of Raleigh, and he now has the IN
tire control of the seed and lint, and also
the exclusive right to raise and sell the
famous cotton. We congratulate Mr..
Stone upon securing the right to the cot
ton. - .,
\-FheBaptist State Convention is oEef
and it Observation-Disclosures that it
was the best convention that was ever
held in the State. AS to raising money,
there was no end to it. Every cause re-
ceived more than was asked for it. The
total amount raised during the week was
something over $4,000.
An effort was made by the magis-
trates and county commissions on last
Saturday to take steps to rebuild the
bridges recently destroyed in Wake
county. 1t is to be regretted that a quo
rum was not present, as the people and
the business interests of the county are
suffering great Inconvenience for the want
of them. |
The Teachers Assembly Hail will be
built at Morehead City, as it is GENERALLY
recognized that Morehead is. the most
suitable place for, holding the assemblies.
Work will commence soon and a nice
and well-arranged>s building will be. built,
you may be sure, for the right man has
charge of it to have it done, and that man
is MI. E. G.. Harrel. >cniz <,1,. /f
1t is rurnmlored that Judge Walter
Clark contemplates retiring from the
bench at an early day. The III health of
his family and his constrained absence
from home impels him, to this course. By
the way, we see that Mr.. ]. 81: Carr